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noun
1.
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
2.
family relationship or kinship.
3.
a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a family, clan, tribe, or race.
4.
a relative or kinsman.
5.
someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology.
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Kin
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
8.
of kin, of the same family; related; akin: Although their surnames are identical they are not of kin.
Example Sentences
- In the first part, she offers advice to adults troubled by relations with parents, siblings and other kin.
- The pioneer primatologist travels the globe to speak up for the captive and orphaned kin of wild chimpanzees.
- Acknowledging relatives in this way is an example of kin recognition.
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| kin (kɪn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person's relatives collectively; kindred |
| 2. | a class or group with similar characteristics |
| 3. | See next of kin |
| —adj | |
| 4. | (postpositive) related by blood |
| 5. | a less common word for akin |
| [Old English cyn; related to Old Norse kyn family, Old High German kind child, Latin genus kind] | |
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Word Origin & History
kin
O.E. cyn "family, race, kind, nature," from P.Gmc. *kunjan (cf. O.N. kyn, O.H.G. chunni, Goth. kuni "family, race," O.N. kundr "son," Ger. kind "child"), from PIE *gen- "to produce" (see genus). Kinship is a modern word, first attested 1833 in writing of Mrs. Browning.
EXPAND-kin
dim. suffix, first attested mid-13c. in proper names adopted from Flanders and Holland, probably from M.Du. -kin, properly a double-dim., from -k + -in. Equivalent to Ger. -chen.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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